The Utah State Library Division’s UPLIFT Professional Excellence Grant provided me with an excellent opportunity.  With this grant award, I was able to pay for a Collection Management course and apply the credits towards my graduate degree program at SJSU’s School of Library . . . → Read More: My Professional Excellence Grant Experience, June 2009]]> http://utahlibraries.org/excellence-grant/feed/ 0 http://utahlibraries.org/heaps/ http://utahlibraries.org/heaps/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:21:58 +0000 admin http://utahlibraries.org/?p=905 I received a Professional Excellence Grant from the Utah State Library to attend Emporia State University’s class called “Organization Theories for Administering Information Agencies” this spring. This class provided a great deal of information and ideas about managing libraries and other information institutions. For the final project, each student chose an issue facing library managers . . . → Read More: UPLIFT Professional Excellence Grant- Shelly Maag Heaps]]> http://utahlibraries.org/heaps/feed/ 0 http://utahlibraries.org/upliftula/ http://utahlibraries.org/upliftula/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:34:47 +0000 admin http://utahlibraries.org/?p=859 Utah Library Association received an UPLIFT Organizational Resource grant from the Utah State Library in 2009. About 400 librarians and library enthusiasts attended the annual conference, “Utah Libraries: Turning up the Volume.”

Four presenters were sponsored, in whole or in part, by the grant:

The Economics of Consortia

“Libraries have long engaged in cooperative ventures.  Government documents and interlibrary loans are two of the older and better-recognized . . . → Read More: UPLIFT Grant: The Economics of Consortia class]]> http://utahlibraries.org/upliftgrant-2/feed/ 0 http://utahlibraries.org/mission-possible/ http://utahlibraries.org/mission-possible/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:45:12 +0000 ceggett http://utahlibraries.org/?p=334 By Samantha Hastings, West Jordan Library

            The Uplift Grant allowed me to take the Advanced Management of Information Agencies online course through the University of North Texas.  The main focus of the course was the strategic planning process,  including: library vision statements, library mission statements, conducting information audits, and creating a strategic plan. . . . → Read More: Mission Possible]]> http://utahlibraries.org/mission-possible/feed/ 0 http://utahlibraries.org/gaming-in-the-library/ http://utahlibraries.org/gaming-in-the-library/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:55:59 +0000 ceggett http://utahlibraries.org/?p=388 By Linda Fields, Richfield Public Library Director

 I received a Professional Excellence Grant from the Utah State Library to attend the Association for Rural and Small Libraries Conference in Sacramento in September. I’ve attended the ARSL conference when it was only being held in Columbus, OH and I felt I gained enough from those meetings to . . . → Read More: Gaming in the Library]]> http://utahlibraries.org/gaming-in-the-library/feed/ 0 http://utahlibraries.org/competencies/ http://utahlibraries.org/competencies/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:00:23 +0000 ceggett http://utahlibraries.org/?p=371 American Library Association Annual Conference–2008

Friday, June 27, 2008, 8:30 – 5:00 pm

Competencies for Your Staff: From Implementation to Integration  and Implementing a Staff Development Plan

 Summarized by: Safi S. M. Safiullah, Reference Librarian, The Salt Lake City Public Library System

The speakers discussed how to prepare a successful staff development day to . . . → Read More: Competencies for your staff]]> http://utahlibraries.org/competencies/feed/ 0 http://utahlibraries.org/professional-excellence-grant-july-2008/ http://utahlibraries.org/professional-excellence-grant-july-2008/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:55:17 +0000 ceggett http://utahlibraries.org/?p=352  By Adam Winger, Utah State University Library

As part of my education in the Library Science program from the University of North Texas I enrolled in a class titled Academic Libraries.  The Utah State Library Professional Excellence Grant financially supported my efforts for the class, for which I am very grateful.  The Academic Libraries class instructed . . . → Read More: Professional Excellence grant, July 2008]]> http://utahlibraries.org/professional-excellence-grant-july-2008/feed/ 0